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Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... recorded in the December quarter was mainly due to an internal transfer of $10.4 billion into the Macquarie Wrap Solutions platform of assets they previously managed outside of their reported retail business. Out of all the companies which administer ...

Trilogy Trust added to Powerwrap platform

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
The Trilogy Monthly Income Trust has been approved for inclusion on the Powerwrap platform through the Smartwrap Investment Account. The trust is designed to provide investors with exposure to the returns available from investments in loans secured ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... same stage. But over time it became less of an issue and now the RockStar event unites every player in the industry - platform providers, fund managers, asset consultants, insurers, advisers - under one roof. All in the name of charity and a bit of Rock ...

ME lifts profit 8pct

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
Industry super fund-owned bank ME has posted an after-tax underlying net profit of $30.2 million for the six months to 31 December 2015, a rise of 8% on the previous corresponding period. ME chief executive Jamie McPhee said it was a strong result in ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... platforms last year, which Investment Trends recognised as the Best New Functionality in platforms during 2015. "No other platform offers retirees and their advisers such easy and convenient access to the leading term and lifetime annuities for retirement ...

Bravura gives VicSuper tech overhaul

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... with Bravura to become the first Australian super fund to operate under the software provider's Sonata administration platform. The latest tech update at VicSuper took about 18 months to complete. Bravura APAC chief operating officer Jason Tong said ...

Australian non-bank finance shows robust growth

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
A comprehensive study of Asia-Pacific's alternative finance markets sector has shown the Australian market has grown by 320% in 2015. The study conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, the Tsinghua University Graduate School and the ...

Legg Mason Brandywine gets nod from Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
The Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust has been given a Highly Recommended rating by Zenith. In its report the researcher said: "Zenith's conviction is predicated on the extensive experience of the portfolio management team ...

HUB24 signs white label deal with Lifespan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... representatives," said HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock. "We continue to experience strong demand for our wealth management platform, which offers leading-edge technology and broad and unbiased choice for independently-minded advisers." Lifespan ...

Australia and UK to shape retirement landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... something Australian bank technologists did well was create a solution to view and manage a person's net wealth in the one platform. "I would see UK banks investing time and resources in building the same technology and try and learn from the Australian ...